Similac

Advance

Abbott's longtime routine formula with OptiGRO (DHA, lutein, vitamin E).

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Ingredients

NONFAT MILK
LACTOSE
HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER OIL
WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE
SOY OL COCONUT OL
GALACTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES; LESS THAN 2% OF: C. COHNI OL
M. ALPINA OL
BETA - W CARUTENE
LUTEN
LYCOPENE
POTASSIUM CITRATE
CALCIUM CARBONATE
ASCORBIC ACID
SOY LECTHIN
PUIASSUM CALORIDE
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE
FERROUS SULFATE
CHOLINE BITARTRATE
CHOLNE CHLORDE
ASCORBYL PALMITATE
SALT
TAURINE
INOSITOL
ZINC SULFATE
MIXED TOCOPHEROLS
d-ALPHA - SINE 5-MONOPHOSPHATE
DISODIUM URIDINE 5'-MONOPHOSPHATE). 5-AMONOPHOSPHATE
CYTIDINE 5-MONOPHOSPHATE
DISODIUM GUANO - MANGANESE SULFATE
PHYLLOQUINONE
BIOTIN
SODIUM SELENATE
VITAMIN D3
VITAMIN B
CALCUM COPPER SULFATE
THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE
RIBOFLAVIN
PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE
FOLIC ACD
TOCOPHERYL ACETATE
NIACINAMIDE
CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE
L-CARNITINE
VITAMIN A PALMITATE
UPER SULFATE
THAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE
RIBOFLAVIN
PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE
FULI A

67C

Mid screening — review the year-window intake listing before choosing.

Lab report

Detected heavy metals

Consumer Reports independent testing, March 2025 · powder concentration · article · results PDF (soft citation — CR commercial-use license remains a gate)

Lead2 ppb

00 → citeable max at ~85% (ppb)23.53

EU max (Reg 2023/915): 20 ppb cite · US: No FDA formula ML

Aluminum414 ppb

00 → citeable max at ~85% (ppb)470.59

FAO/WHO MPL: 400 ppb (not EU/FDA formula ML) · US: No FDA formula ML

Metals not listed were not reported as detected in this round. Missing is not a clean bill of health. How to read these numbers →

About the screening score. This draft ranks by estimated formula-window intake vs named protective anchors (MADL / RfD / FAO-WHO where cited) — not cohort percentiles and not LeaveDuration “lifetime” math. Missing metals are listed as not tested and do not earn a purity bonus. EU 2023/915 powder maxima remain on the lab bars. HiPP Dutch Stage 1 Pb/Cd sit under those MLs and still show year-window intake here. See Learn. DO NOT treat as merged product math until James reviews.

~1-year intake listing

Estimated intake vs protective anchors

24fl oz / day

Default scenario: 24 fl oz/day × 365 days (~105.6 g powder/day at 4.4 g/fl oz). At this volume, feeding Advance costs about $3.02/day ($91/month).

Lead77µg / 365d · 0.21 µg/day42% of CA OEHHA MADL · below

Inorganic Arsenic—not testedunknown · not a purity bonus

Cadmium—not testedunknown · not a purity bonus

Aluminum15957µg / 365d · 44 µg/day103% of FAO/WHO MPL (powder) · above

Incomplete coverage: 2 of 4 key metals measured. Missing rows are not treated as clean.

Anchors are protective references (e.g. CA OEHHA Pb MADL 0.5 µg/day; Cd MADL 4.1 µg/day; EPA iAs RfD with disclosed 6.1 kg infant; Al FAO/WHO 400 ppb powder MPL as screening context) — not “safe/unsafe” diagnoses and not EU legal MLs. Assumptions are editable above. See Learn. Discuss with your pediatrician.

History

Recall record

2022-02

Abbott Sturgis plant recall

Abbott voluntarily recalled Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare powder made at its Sturgis, MI facility after reports of Cronobacter sakazakii infections in infants. The recall led to a months-long facility shutdown and a nationwide formula shortage.

FDA recall archive

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